Thank you for being with us in 2024! We look forward to continue to share exciting opera news from around the world in 2025. Prior to creating OperaWire, DAVID SALAZAR, (Editor-in-Chief) worked as a ...

On Dec. 30, 2024, American soprano Loretta Di Franco has died at the age of 82. Born in New York, Di Franco began her career as a Met’s opera chorus member and eventually got promoted to singing small ...

The Concurs International De Cant Josep Palet has announced its Jury for its upcoming edition. In the preliminary phase of the competition, the jury will comprised of Valentin Egel, General Music ...

Opera Australia is set to host a performance of “Opera Up Late” on Jan. 30, 2025. The showcase, which combines comedy, cabaret, and opera, will be hosted by Reuben Kaye and will star Emma Matthews ...

Handel and Haydn Society is set to present “Crossing the Deep” on Jan. 17 and 19, 2025. The showcase, which takes place at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, was created in 2023 by Conductor ...

Co-librettist David Cote has reached the proposed goal of the crowdfunding campaign for his upcoming dramatic work “Meltdown.” The composer set out to raise $10,000 to perform the work and, as of this ...

Paris’ Salle Cortot has unveiled its January 2025 slate. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. There will be a “Gala de la voix” featuring performers from the École Normale ...

Rai 5 is set to present the Festival “Vicenza in Lirica’s” Mozart’s Messa in do minore. The concert, recorded on Sept. 2, 2022, at the Teatro Olimpico, showcased the new performing version under ...

American Opera Projects and Temple Emanu-El Streicker Cultural Center will present “State of the Jews” on Jan. 15, 2025. The opera about Theodor Herzl has a one-hour duration and will be followed by a ...

On Dec. 23, 2024 mezzo-soprano Regina Sarfaty died at the 90. Born in November 1934 in Rochester, New York, Sarfaty grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and went on to win the Margaret McGill Scholarship to ...

OperaWire met up with English soprano Charlotte Bowden between performances of Monteverdi’s “Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria” ...

Anna Netrebko has canceled her role debut in “Ariadne auf Naxos” at the Wiener Staatsoper. The soprano released a statement noting, “I am regrettably obliged to withdraw from my January performances ...